Monday, February 4, 2013

Today I bring a fascinating and addictive open source program called Stellarium! If you want to get closer to the stars, so, this free application is perfect for you! Stellarium is a three-dimensional map of the star t shows a realistic sky in 3D; you only have to point at the stars using a mouse and then you got
information about the stars, such name, size, distance, position and more, you can use the mouse wheel to have a quickly zoom, well, you can move freely around the sky with your mouse and then you only have to choose a star for more information! Stellarium has an interesting feature, you can set up your current location on the earth, and then the program can generate the animated views from your location. Check this out!